Milan Almost Chose Gunners Ace Over Ronaldinho
Posted on 01. Oct, 2008 by Milox in Premiership
Italian agent Enzo Bronzetti has revealed that AC Milan almost ditched their efforts to sign Ronaldinho to pursue Arsenal’s Emmanuel Adebayor.
Milan were known to be interested in the Togolese striker but were put off by the Gunners’ hefty £35million asking price.
But according to Bronzetti, the San Siro giants were close to making a big offer for Adebayor.
Bronzetti said: “I knew that (Sylvio) Berlusconi (AC Milan president) always liked Ronaldinho, but there was that one famous night when he and (Adriano) Galliani decided to go for the centre-forward Adebayor.
“They told me to call Ronaldinho’s agent and tell him that he was free to talk to other clubs. At that point I found myself in kind of double somersault, especially as we were in July and there was still 60 days left of the market.
“In the end, I called him (Ronaldinho’s brother and agent Roberto de Assis) because there was a story about Berlusconi choosing Adebayor over Ronaldinho. But I told him that Berlusconi was still interested, just that he had to ‘keep the price low’.
“In the end, all’s well that ends well.”
Adebayor was the subject of abuse from Arsenal fans at the start of the season following reports that he had demanded an incredible 300per cent wage hike or he would leave for Milan.
But the lanky striker denied the claims and has since committed his future to the Gunners.
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